FIRST REPORT FROM THE
SELECT COMMITTEE ON PROCEDURE OF THE HOUSE
WEDNESDAY 15 OCTOBER 1997
BY THE
SELECT COMMITTEE
ON PROCEDURE
OF THE
HOUSE
ORDERED TO
REPORT:
1. The Ceremony of Introduction
The Committee has agreed that there should be
an examination into the possibility of making changes to the ceremony
on the Introduction of peers into the House. The Committee believes
that the proper way of proceeding is for the Leader of the House
to table a motion for an Humble Address to Her Majesty the Queen
praying that Her Majesty place Her prerogative and interest at
the disposal of the House for the purpose of considering alterations
to the Introduction ceremony. A debate on this motion (and a vote,
if desired) will give the House the opportunity to express its
views.
The Committee was informed that it had been
agreed through the usual channels that, on those Mondays, Tuesdays
and Wednesdays when three Introductions were scheduled to take
place, the House would sit at 2.15 pm. Meetings of the House at
2.15 pm for Introductions are well precedented.
2. Implications For The Lords of The Commons
Select Committee on Modernisation
The Committee took note of proposals made by
the Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons
(HC 190 & 191) and agreed to consider at the appropriate time
whether it would be desirable to make any consequential changes
to Lords procedure.
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